March 19, 2012
Ruth Dasso Marlaire
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650.604.4789
ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 12-25AR
NASA, FAA TARGET STUDENTS FOR FUTURE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CAREERS
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – A group of ninth-grade students from San Mateo
High School will meet with air traffic controllers and practice
directing simulated traffic at the Federal Aviation Administrator’s
(FAA) Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center. Media will be able to
interview students and NASA and FAA officials in the facility’s
simulator lab.
The two-hour field trip, sponsored by a NASA Ames Research Center
education project called Smart Skies, aims to introduce students to
the math and problem-solving skills used to control air traffic and
show them what it’s like to work as an air traffic controller. Smart
Skies is sponsored by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission
Directorate.
WHO: Tom Davis, Chief of the Aviation Systems Division at NASA Ames;
Scott Conde, National Air Traffic Controllers Association; and
Melissa Holmes, Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center Staff
Manager
WHERE: FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center 5125 Central Avenue,
Fremont, Calif. 94536
WHEN: 9:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2012
RSVP: News media planning to attend should RSVP to Ian Gregor at
Ian.Gregor@faa.gov before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20. For security
reasons, news media must bring their media credentials and all
visitors must be U.S. citizens.
For more information about NASA Ames, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html
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